Self-Improvement audiobooks

50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food

By: Susan Albers, PsyD

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Food has the power to temporarily alleviate stress and sadness, enhance joy, and bring us comfort when we need it most. It's no wonder experts estimate that 75 percent of overeating is triggered by our emotions, not physical hunger. The good news is you can instead soothe yourself through dozens of mindful activities that are healthy for both... Read more

How to Talk to Hot Women

By: Mehow

Narrated by: Mehow

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

You've seen those guys. The ones who have all the right lines and the kind of charm women flock to—the guys who always seem to lead beautiful women out the door of the coffee shop or out of the club at the end of the night, time after time. The guys who know how to reel in women and keep them.



Be one of those guys.



You don't have to be young,... Read more

This Will Make You Smarter

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam & John Allen Nelson

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world's most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will... Read more

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 17 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.

As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying... Read more

I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye

By: Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. & Brook Noel

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for those who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold. Written by two women who have experienced sudden loss, this updated edition of the best selling bereavement classic will touch, comfort, uplift and console. Authors Brook Noel and... Read more

Taming Your Alpha Bitch

By: Rebecca Grado & Christy Whitman

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In many areas, we, as women, have earned the equality we've been fighting for. We've broken through glass ceilings and achieved great success. We've shown that we can prosper by our own means. And we've become influential, respected leaders. Yet many of us find ourselves unhappy, anxious, and overwhelmed. Where's the pot of gold at the end of... Read more

One Year to an Organized Life

By: Regina Leeds

Narrated by: Regina Leeds

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Who would you be if you felt at peace and had more time and money? An organized life enables you to have more freedom, less aggravation, better health, and to get more done. For nearly twenty years, Regina Leeds—named Best Organizer by Los Angeles magazine—has helped even the messiest turn their lives around. Anyone can get organized—she'll... Read more

On Being A Therapist

By: Jeffrey A. Kottler

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than twenty-five years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals to explore the most private and sacred aspects of their work helping others. In this thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition, Jeffrey Kottler explores many of the challenges that therapists face in their practices today, including... Read more

The Art of Manliness

By: Brett McKay & Kate McKay

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

While it's definitely more than just monster trucks, grilling, and six-pack abs, true manliness is hard to define. The words macho and manly are not synonymous.

Taking lessons from classic gentlemen such as Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, authors Brett and Kate McKay have created a collection of the most useful advice every man needs to... Read more

The Art of Manliness---Manvotionals

By: Brett McKay & Kate McKay

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

For centuries, being a man meant living a life of virtue and excellence. But then, through time, the art of manliness was lost.

Now, after decades of excess and aimless drift, men are looking for something to help them live an authentic, manly life—a primer that can give their lives real direction and purpose.

This book holds the answers. To... Read more

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

By: Julie A. Fast & John D. Preston, Psy.D.

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternating periods of dramatically manic behavior and episodes of extreme sadness and hopelessness, often with periods of normalcy in between. Those close to bipolar individuals may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety and a constant uncertainty about the bipolar individual's mood.


Loving Someone... Read more

Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life

By: Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. & Spencer Smith

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new approach to
psychotherapy that rethinks even our most basic assumptions of mental well-being. Starting with the assumption that the normal condition of human existence is suffering and struggle, ACT works by first encouraging individuals to accept their lives as they are in the here and now. This... Read more

Healing After Loss

By: Martha Whitmore Hickman

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

After the loss of a loved one, once the services are over and the relatives and friends have gone home, we are left to enter a strange new land, where someone who has given meaning to our life is gone. Drawing on her own experience as well as that of others, author Martha Whitmore Hickman presents a year's worth of meditations for people dealing... Read more

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?

By: Karyl McBride, PhD

Narrated by: Karyl McBride

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women's... Read more

As a Man Thinketh and From Poverty to Power

By: James Allen

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

James Allen's From Poverty to Power (1901) and As a Man Thinketh (1902) stand as seminal texts in the self-help genre that have served as sources of inspiration since their publication at the beginning of the twentieth century. Loosely based in its principles around the Biblical proverb "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," As a Man... Read more

The Interpretation of Dreams

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 21 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

What are the most common dreams and why do we have them? What does a dream about death mean? What do dreams of swimming, failing, or flying symbolize?

First published by Sigmund Freud in 1899, The Interpretation of Dreams considers why we dream and what it means in the larger picture of our psychological lives. Delving into theories of... Read more

Unfinished Business

By: Lee Kravitz

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

After losing his job, Lee Kravitz, a workaholic in his midfifties, took stock of his life and realized just how disconnected he had become from the people who mattered most to him. He committed an entire year to reconnecting with them and making amends.



Kravitz takes listeners on ten transformational journeys, among them repaying a... Read more

America Anonymous

By: Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

America Anonymous is the unforgettable story of eight men and women from around the country—including a grandmother, a college student, a bodybuilder, and a housewife—who are struggling with addictions. For nearly three years, acclaimed journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis immersed himself in their lives as they battled drug and alcohol abuse,... Read more

Laugh and Live

By: Douglas Fairbanks

Narrated by: Walter Costello

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure—happiness is for all who strive to be happy, and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible—you, me, the other fellow. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind, not a state of body. And mind controls. Indeed, it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable "banana... Read more

The Mystery Method

By: Mystery & Lovedrop A.K.A. Chris Odom

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

For every man who always wondered why some guys have all the luck, Mystery, considered by many to be the world's greatest pickup artist, finally reveals his secrets for finding and forming relationships with some of the world's most beautiful women. Mystery gained mainstream attention for his role in Neil Strauss's New York Times bestselling... Read more

A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend

By: Felicity Huffman & Patricia Wolff

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Most dating books are written for women—what a mistake that is. Women know how to date. . .it's men who need the help! At last: a blithe, bold, and bawdy guide to building a better boyfriend.



At some point, every guy—player, geek, mama's boy, "regular Joe"—meets a woman who makes him want to be a boyfriend. A good boyfriend. Problem is, unless... Read more

I Had a Nice Time And Other Lies...

By: Betches

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling authors of Nice Is Just a Place in France and When’s Happy Hour? and creators of the online humor and advice phenomenon Betches.com and Instagram account @Betches explain the brutal truths of how to date like a true betch, with insights from the Head Pro.

In the age of Tinder, Hinge, or any other dating app that... Read more

Pivot

By: Adam Markel

Narrated by: Adam Markel

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Public speaker, transformative teacher, and CEO of Peak Potentials, Adam Markel has been inspiring people to find their best work for years. Now, for the first time, he presents his practical program for people who are looking to reinvent themselves. Here’s how to “get in touch with your real self, decide exactly who you are and what you want,... Read more

Power Your Happy

By: Lisa Sugar

Narrated by: Lisa Sugar

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Lisa Sugar has an amazing job. She spends her days at POPSUGAR creating content about pop culture, must-have handbags and makeup, healthy recipes, and Instagram-worthy sweets. She manages an enormously successful, growing company with employees who love what they do. And her life is just as great at home. She and her husband have three daughters... Read more